Miss Campbell Genres of Literature
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 fiction | made up stories |
| nonfiction | true stories or information that has true facts |
| poetry | organized into lines and stanzas with rhyming words and rhythm |
| drama/play | a play that is acted out by reading a script |
| fable | a made up story that is short, has animal characters, and teaches a lesson, or moral |
| realistic fiction | a made up story that could really happen |
| fantasy | a made up story that could never really happen, may have talking animals or magical elements |
| folktale | an old story that has been passed down through generations |
| historical fiction | a made up story that is set in the past, can have real people or events |
| tall tale | a made up story that has a superhuman character and many exaggerations |
| biography | true information about a real person's life written by someone else |
| science fiction | a fantasy story that may involve time machines, aliens, and technology of the future |
| personal essay | a story someone writes about something that happens to them |
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